“Report This” feature

One thing that would really help me out is the addition of a “report this” option throughout BP. I need a way for my users to tell me that a photo, wire post, or other piece of content is inappropriate for our PG audience. I haven’t seen any plugins that perform this function.

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I would need a “report this USER” plugin that allows other members to report an individual user to the admin…

No, it makes no sense to report the user, the specific item (whether it be a photo, wire comment, blog post, whatever) should be tagged so that moderators know exactly what the problem is and can decide whether action against the user is necessary.

I see value to both “report this content” and “report this user” capabilities.

@nicolagreco, I would think it’s necessary for more than just the Wire. I can see it used on photos (when the feature is released), in Groups, on the Groups themselves (if a group is inappropriate), on the Wire, for the avatar…

I’m not going to be able to launch the community, or even show it to my administration, without some method of reporting. This is fairly critical for us. If I was forced to choose, I’d pick the “report this user” as it’s a more overall solution…but I’d really love to narrow the report feature to specific items.

I see value to both “report this content” and “report this user” capabilities.

Why complicate it by having two distinct avenues when, clearly, users will be prompted to complain by a specific item?

It is absolutely vital to make life as easy as possible for your (presumably non-paid) moderators, so, the last thing you want is users getting flagged rather than a specific item, because that means having to go over the user’s entire output and make a serious of highly-subjective decisions about what is and is not acceptable.

I see your point, I just know my administration…try to keep it simple and they’ll demand every convoluted combination of features nobody ever thought of. I agree though, “report this” would be sufficient.

Seems to me “report this item” is the exact opposite of “Add to Favourites”… The buttons would show up at the same spots (group home, blog post, wire post, photos, user’s profile etc), the handling code would be the same except in Report case a notification gets sent to the administrator and in Favourite’s case it gets added to the user’s favourites.

An email yes/maybe, but also a queue would be important for very high traffic sites. Something that would allow more than one user (possibly all “admin” users) to view and act on items that have been reported. Being spammed with email isn’t likely to make my admins want to log in and manage things.